God-Level Martial Artist System

"Qin Chen!"

A voice exploded beside his ear like a thunderclap.

Qin Chen jolted awake at his desk, sweat streaming down his forehead, his eyes still filled with terror.

But when he saw the people around him and the middle-aged woman at the lectern, the terror in his eyes quickly gave way to bewilderment.

"There are fewer than a hundred days until the college entrance exam. I usually can't be bothered to keep you in line, but from now on, no one is allowed to sleep in my class!" The middle-aged woman saw Qin Chen staring blankly and spoke sternly, frustrated that he wouldn't live up to his potential.

At that moment, Qin Chen didn't take in a word she said. It was a long while before he came out of his daze.

I transmigrated! He was startled.

This was a parallel world. The people around him were his classmates, just as they had been in his previous life, and the middle-aged woman at the lectern was his homeroom teacher.

But this world was different from his previous one. Here, technology was no longer the main focus.

Three hundred years ago, the world had undergone a great change. Terrifying monsters of all shapes and sizes had appeared, while firearms, humanity's pride, had lost most of their effectiveness.

Perhaps under the immense pressure of facing extinction, humanity had finally undergone a wondrous change as well. Some people had become far more sensitive to the various elements between heaven and earth.

From then on, humanity had entered the age of martial cultivation.

As long as you became a martial artist, people would respect you.

As long as you had strength, you would possess endless wealth and even power that could reach the heavens.

Martial artists were divided into nine ranks, from one star to nine stars.

But to become a martial artist, you first needed a talent for cultivation, and you also had to pass through the Body Tempering Stage.

According to Qin Chen's memories, he had no talent for cultivation whatsoever. He was sensitive only to the fire element, and even that sensitivity was just 0.9. With a sensitivity below 1, he couldn't cultivate at all.

Most infuriating of all, he was only 0.1 short.

[Ding! Host detected. Activating the God-Level Martial Artist System...]

[Ding! System activated. System panel generated.]

"You'd better watch yourself!"

Seeing Qin Chen still in a daze, the homeroom teacher shook her head helplessly.

The other students stopped looking at him too. Only the chubby boy who shared his desk whispered, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing?" Qin Chen shook his head.

The chubby boy's name was Wang Hai. Once he saw that Qin Chen really was fine, he picked up his phone and started playing with it.

Meanwhile, Qin Chen looked at the system panel.

Name: Qin Chen

Fire sensitivity: 0.9

Combat power: 5

[Ding! Host detected to lack the talent required for cultivation. A beginner's gift pack has been awarded. Would you like to give it up?]

Qin Chen was taken aback by the system notification.

Give it up, my ass! he couldn't help cursing inwardly.

This system didn't play by the rules. It had asked straight out whether he wanted to give it up. If he hadn't been paying attention, he really might have said yes.

"I want to use it!"

Qin Chen couldn't help growing nervous. He didn't know whether the beginner's gift pack would be of any value. If it still couldn't give him the talent to cultivate, he really was finished.

Without the ability to cultivate, he could only be an ordinary person, and life was hard for ordinary people in this world.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained one Fire Sensitivity Enhancement Pill.]

In an instant, Qin Chen saw a fiery red pill lying in the system space.

With a thought, he summoned the pill into his hand. Without any hesitation, he swallowed it in one gulp.

The pill melted in his mouth. Immediately afterward, a warm current traveled through his body, steadily transforming it.

He could clearly feel his sensitivity to the fire element rising rapidly.

[Ding! Your fire sensitivity has increased to 9.]

[Ding! Your fire element talent has risen to SSS rank.]

Hearing the notifications, Qin Chen couldn't wait to open the panel.

Name: Qin Chen

Fire element talent: SSS

Combat power: 5

"Just as I thought!" Qin Chen couldn't contain his delight. The improvement was enormous-it had transformed him straight from trash into a peerless genius.

Talent was divided into nine ranks, from the lowest, F, to the highest, SSS. The higher the rank, the faster one could cultivate.

He hurriedly circulated the Element Comprehension Mental Cultivation Method and was delighted to discover that his comprehension speed was indeed extremely fast.

Just as he was about to continue, the system's voice suddenly rang out again.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained the Talent Skill: Devour.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained one Wind Element Sensitivity Enhancement Pill.]

"There's more!" Qin Chen was overjoyed. There were more things in the beginner's gift pack.

Don't Talent Skills only awaken after you become a martial artist?

After calming down, Qin Chen was puzzled.

Besides learning martial arts, humans could also awaken Talent Skills. But the earliest they could awaken one was after becoming a one-star martial artist. He had never heard of anyone awakening a Talent Skill before they had even begun body tempering.

He looked at the system panel, and sure enough, another line of information had appeared.

Talent Skill: Devour (The host can devour corresponding energy objects and convert them into his own abilities.)

The moment he saw "energy objects," beast crystals were the first thing Qin Chen thought of.

Some demonic beasts had beast crystals inside them. After killing the beasts, humans would extract the crystals and subject them to a special crafting process, turning them into weapons and equipment to increase their strength.

But according to his memories, devouring a beast crystal would have an enormous impact on a human's cultivation. After all, humans and beasts cultivated differently.

Thus, humans shared a consensus: no matter what kind of beast crystal it was, it must not be devoured.

"Never mind. I'll know once I get a chance to try it!"

Next, while no one was paying attention, he swallowed the Wind Element Sensitivity Enhancement Pill in one gulp.

The familiar sensation returned, and he soon felt his sensitivity to the wind element rising rapidly.

[Ding! Your wind sensitivity has increased to 7.]

[Ding! Your wind element talent has risen to S rank.]

"Only S rank?" Qin Chen frowned.

[The host's original wind sensitivity was only 0.7, so it can only be raised to S rank. The host can improve it through other means later.]

The system's voice rang out, but it didn't explain what those means were.

"I see!" Qin Chen nodded inwardly and gave it no further thought.

S rank was already very good. In his memories, there was no one with S-rank talent.

Of course, there might be people he didn't know about, but anyone who could reach S rank was definitely a genius found only once in ten thousand.

After school, Qin Chen left the classroom and hurried nonstop toward the school gates.

"Qin Chen, I know a hot pot restaurant that's especially good. Want to go? My treat! We brothers can have a good drink together!"

Wang Hai caught up with Qin Chen and put a hand on his shoulder as he spoke.

"I'll pass. I have to get home!" Qin Chen shook his head.

Wang Hai was one of his few friends. The two of them had often found a place to have a few drinks after school.

Wang Hai's family was rich, and his own cultivation talent was poor. In his words, he wanted to enjoy life.

Qin Chen, on the other hand, had felt that his life was hopeless and had somewhat given up on himself.

But things were different now. With the system, he had to make the most of his time and improve himself.